Macy's fireworks will be launched in a series of 5-minute displays across NYC throughout next week to prevent crowds.
The annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show will go on despite the coronavirus pandemic this year — just don’t ask where or when.
“These past few months have been some of the most difficult in our city’s history, and New Yorkers are looking for a break,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement. “This 4th of July Celebration with Macy’s will give all New Yorkers a safe and exciting way to enjoy the holiday together, even when we are apart.”
“Why?” tweeted one reader under the name Jay. “Its [sic] been going on every night already in every damn borough!?”While there’s generally an increase in illegal fireworks activity leading up to the Fourth in New York City, fireworks complaints have skyrocketed by 236 times this month compared with the same period last year, Gothamist reported.
iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } But many reports and pyrotechnic experts believe it’s more likely the result of people blowing off steam. The New York Times suggests the fireworks “serve as a release after months of boredom and seclusion in cramped apartments.” Bill Weimer, vice president of Phantom Fireworks, a leading fireworks retailer in the U.S.
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